Detection of enrofloxacin and its metabolite ciprofloxacin using gold nanoparticles and laser desorption/ionization time-of-flight mass spectrometry

Anal Sci. 2014;30(4):451-5. doi: 10.2116/analsci.30.451.

Abstract

This paper describes a new, simple, and sensitive method for detecting two fluoroquinolones: enrofloxacin and its metabolite ciprofloxacin, which are widely used as drugs for humans and animals. We utilized gold nanoparticles (AuNPs) and laser desorption/ionization time-of-flight (LDI-TOF) mass spectrometry (MS) with a matrix-free format. An antibody for the drug was immobilized on a chip based on self-assembled monolayers (SAMs) on gold, and AuNPs were decorated with the drug along with a large excess of small molecules, called amplification tags (Am-tags). In this strategy, target drugs in solution bound to the antibody on the chip compete with the AuNP-immobilized drugs. The presence of targets was verified by the amplified LDI-TOF MS signals of Am-tags on AuNPs.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Calibration
  • Ciprofloxacin / analysis*
  • Ciprofloxacin / metabolism
  • Enrofloxacin
  • Fluoroquinolones / analysis*
  • Fluoroquinolones / metabolism
  • Gold / chemistry*
  • Metal Nanoparticles / chemistry*
  • Spectrometry, Mass, Matrix-Assisted Laser Desorption-Ionization / methods*

Substances

  • Fluoroquinolones
  • Enrofloxacin
  • Ciprofloxacin
  • Gold